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Here are the top 10 items you should tackle in December 2025, based on the latest workplace law developments and upcoming critical compliance issues:   _____ Prepare for regulatory action to ramp up.  The US government finally reopened on Nov. 13, so now’s the time to gear up for agencies to resume normal operations – and in some cases, with more power than they had before the shutdown. As regulatory action and oversight surges back into motion, here’s  what to expect, plus an employer game plan . _____ Winterize your workplace compliance efforts.  Is your business prepared for cold weather safety and winter leave requests?   When snow or ice makes it difficult for staff to travel to work or forces you to close your operations altogether, you may be obligated to pay certain employees. Here are a few  important reminders for the colder months ahead . _____ Stay warm on OSHA’s proposed heat safety rule.  The DOL is now reviewing extensive feedback it re...

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law—a budget reconciliation bill enacting several signature policies of the President’s second-term agenda.  Left on the cutting-room floor, however, was an ambitious attempt to prohibit nearly all state and local regulation of artificial intelligence (“AI”) for the foreseeable future. The version of the bill passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025, contained a provision preventing states and localities, for a period of 10 years, from enforcing “any law or regulation … limiting, restricting, or otherwise regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems entered into interstate commerce. ”  Initially, a proposed version of the bill in the Senate included a similar provision that made the moratorium a condition of states receiving any of the $500 million in funds earmarked to support deployment of AI models or systems and underlying i...

We bet most of you didn’t have “Texas will beat California to the punch to regulate AI in the workplace” on your 2025 bingo card – but that’s what just happened. State lawmakers just overwhelmingly passed the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA) on Sunday, a state law that could soon establish guardrails on AI use but without adding significant new burdens for employers. TRAIGA was sent to Governor Abbott yesterday, and if he approves the bill as expected, Texas will join Colorado, Illinois, and other states in regulating the use of AI starting January 1, 2026. What do businesses, employers, and AI developers need to know about this surprising development? Quick Background on the AI “Texas Two-Step” Things took a surprising turn in the AI regulation race late last year when State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione (R) introduced a groundbreaking bill that aimed to force Texas employers to comply with what would have been the nation’s most comprehensive state-le...

Now that we’re less than a year away from Colorado having the nation’s most stringent set of laws regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace and elsewhere, some lawmakers are asking whether it’s better to take a step back and cool the jets. A new bill just introduced in the state legislature on Monday would not only delay the implementation date until 2027 but would also widen the group of AI users that would be exempted from the law’s grip. But there’s less than a week to go until the 2025 session wraps up, so time is limited if lawmakers want to make these changes before February 1, 2026 effective date. What do you need to know about SB 318 and what are the chances of it blunting Colorado’s groundbreaking AI law? Quick Summary of AI Law The law passed last year will prohibit employers from using AI to discriminate against their workers and require companies to take extensive measures to avoid such algorithmic discrimination. The law will also impose broad rules ...